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F. B. TWINING.

SOFT TURNDOWN COLLAR.

PPLICATION HLED Aus.19.1921

1,416,530. Patented May 16, 1922.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK B. TWINEN'G. OF TROY. NEW YORK. ASSIGNOR T0 GEO. l. IDE MPANY.INC., 0F TROY. NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

SOFT TURNDOWN C0 LLAIL Speclcatlon of Letters Patent.

Patented )lay 16, 1922.

Application tiled August 19, l92l. Serial No. 493,5614

To u!! whom it may concern Be it known that l, FRANK B. TiviNiNo, acitizen of the United States` residing at Troy, in the county ofRensselaer, State of New York, have invented ceitain new and usefulImprovements in Soft Turndown (`ollars, of which the following is nspecifii cation.

It has been the practice to make inens collars und cuffs of a pluralityof sepiiriite independent plies of material and stitch these pliestogether at their edges.

The object of my invention is to provide a soft turn down collar or cuffof multiply interwoven fabric having an increased cross sectional areaon each side of the fold line of the collar.

Another object of my invention is to reduce a preciabl the number ofoperations toKr uce a collar.

further object of my invention is to produce a soft fold over collar ofa single piece of multiply interwoven fabric of appro riate thicknessand stiffness.

y invention consists of ii soft folding collnr made from one piece ofmultiply intei'wmen fabric, having a pluriilit'r of additionalinterwoven plies on each side of the folding line of the collar.

My invention consists wholly of a collar, cuil and the like made from amultiply interwoven fabric of uniform thickness throughout. having athickened integral-portion nt the to of the neck band iind at the to ofthe rolled over top portion.

hle I have, for the purpose of illustrating my invention shown undembodied only a soft turn down colliir, it is of course understood thatthe invention is equally e`icient in the manufacture of cuffs orespeciall soft cuffs.

I o not herein claim the fabric inasmuch as it forms thc subject matterof another appliciition to he filed by me August i9, 1921, Serial No.493.562.

In the drawing:

Figure l is a phin view of,ii soft fold collar laid out flut.

Figure 2 is a sectional view of the line 2--2 with the collar in itsfolded position.

As above stated, the collar is made from multiply interwoven fabric in esin le piece, having the neck band I` iinil the old over to portion "2`lii` ni-rk lniwl und fold over lop portion iii-e i-:u-h provi rd Iwithii thickened zone 3 sind si, extendingr the entire length of the collar,that portion of the fabric between the thickened zones 3 and 4 being ofthe siime thickness as the fabric in the neck band and the fold over top)ortion All of the portions heing integral unil formed in the process ofweaving the fabric.

This thickened portion may be obtained or produced by increasing thenumber of threads in the zones 3 and 4, so that the zones 3 and 4 haveagreater number of interwoven plies than the balance of the fab1 ric inthe collar.

The spacing of these thickened portions 3 and 4 cause the collar oonaturally fold on a line between them.

In addition to the fold guiding function of the thickened portion of thecollar, these portions increase, more or less, the rigidity of thecollar at the folding line, thereby holding the collar in a graceful andiinbroken curve around the neck of the wearer.

Another function of these thickened por tions is that when the collar isfolded for wear, the thickened portions are in close roximity one with'the other, thereby forming a stop nt the top of the collar between theneck bund and the fold over top portion, which sto materially preventsthe necktie from we ging at the fo d of the collar` so that the top edgeof the necktie is iilwiiye spaced below the folded lineof the collarwhereby the necktie may freely slide back and forth in the collar in theprocess of t ing the tie.

y improved vnntages of soft und starched collars, plus collar has all ofthe iid-4 the iidvanta es resulting from my invention` among whic muy bementioned that the collar stands iip well without starching, iscomiiratvely stiff iind is free from wrinkling und the thickenedportions constitute a predetermined fold line whereby the colliir willalways have a proper set on the neck of the wearer without starching,besides which the thickened portions prevent the nocktie from wed ing inthe collar.

hat I claim is l. A folding collar or cuff, woven in one piece, made upof ii neck band and a top por tion and a thickened portion ou each sideof the folding line of the collar defining the folding line.

2. A folding or turn down collar comprising a neck bnnd and a fold overtop portion composed of a plurality of interwoven plies,

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